Estimating multiple morbidity disease burden among older persons: a convergent construct validity study to discriminate among six chronic illness measures, CCHS 2008/09

BACKGROUND: Since approximately two in three older adults (65+) report having two or more chronic diseases, causes and consequences of multimorbidity among older persons has important personal and societal issues. Indeed, having more than one chronic condition might involve synergetic effects, which...

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Autores principales: Wister, Andrew V, Levasseur, Mélanie, Griffith, Lauren E, Fyffe, Ian
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4344804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25887137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0001-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4344804/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25887137
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-015-0001-8

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